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An English relief-cast tablet of Leda and the Swan,
Cast in plaster at LASSCO Three Pigeons by Peter Hone, from an eighteenth century fireplace relief,
the tablet cast with the seated female figure with the swan,
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Peter Hone is a celebrated Master Plaster Caster with his workshop here at LASSCO Three Pigeons.
The classical story of Greek origin relates how Zeus, disguised as a swan, seduces Leda.
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